Kenny Rogers' is one
of the few country music stars that we featured on
ilovethe80s.com. We include him due to the fact
that like Juice Newton, Eddie Rabbitt, Dolly Parton, and
others, Kenny Rogers made the jump from the country
charts to the pop charts. And of course who can
forget his career as an actor (The Gambler, etc.).

Rogers stared his music career in the
1950's. He started out as a band member before
trying his hand as a solo artist. In the 60's, his
band was called Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, and
they landed a number of charting country hits. It
was in 1976 that he returned to a solo career.
Although Kenny Rogers did have a number of country hits
in the 1970's, we will focus on his contribution to 80's
pop.

In 1980, Kenny and Kim
Carnes released the song "Don't Fall in Love with a
Dreamer", which started his pop chart success.
That same year, Rogers' joined forces with Lionel Richie
as a producer, and the album Share Your Love
(1981) featured a number of hit songs: "Lady", "I
Don't Need You", "Through the Years", and "Share Your
Love with Me". Other 80's pop hits included "Love
the World Away", from the Urban Cowboy movie
soundtrack, the title track and "A Love Song" from
Love Will Turn You Around (1982), "We've Got
Tonight" with Sheena Easton and "All My Life" from
We've Got Tonight (1983), "Islands in the Stream"
with Dolly Parton and "This Woman" from Eyes That See
in the Dark (1983), "Crazy" from What About Me
(1984), "Morning Desire" from The Heart of the Matter
(1985), "Twenty Years Ago" from They Don't Make Them
Like They Used To (1986), and "When You Put Your
Heart in It" from Something Inside so Strong
(1989).

Kenny
Rogers continued producing new material throughout the
1990's and beyond, and he was still active at the time
of this writing in late 2013. And of course many
of you know that Rogers is a entrepreneur and have eaten
at one of his restaurants (Kenny Rogers Roasters).
They Kenny Rogers Discography is very long:

1976: Love Lifted Me

1977: Kenny Rogers

1977: Daytime Friends

1978: Love or Something Like It

1978: The Gambler

1978: Ten Years of Gold

1979: Kenny

1979: The Kenny Rogers Singles Album

1980: Greatest Hits

1980: Gideon

1981: Christmas

1981: Share Your Love

1982: Love Will Turn You Around

1983: We've Got Tonight

1983: Eyes That See in the Dark

1983: 20 Greatest Hits

1983: HBO Presents: Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits

1984: Duets

1984: Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton)

1985: The Kenny Rogers Story

1985: Love Is What We Make It

1985: His Greatest Hits and Finest Performances

1985: Short Stories

1985: The Heart of the Matter

1986: They Don't Make Them Like They Used To

1987: I Prefer the Moonlight

1987: 25 Greatest Hits

1988: Greatest Hits

1989: Something Inside So Strong

1989: Christmas in America

1989: Lucille and Other Classics

1990: 20 Great Years

1990: Greatest Country Hits

1990: The Very Best of Kenny Rogersv

1990: Love Is Strange

1991: Back Home Again

1992: The Best of Kenny Rogers

1993: Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers

1993: If Only My Heart Had a Voice

1996: Vote for Love

1996: The Gift

1997: Across My Heart

1997: A Decade of Hits

1998: Christmas from the Heart

1998: With Love

1999: A&E Biography

1999: Through the Years: A Retrospective

1999: She Rides Wild Horses

2000: There You Go Again

2000: Kenny Rogers Collection

2001: Best Inspirational Songs

2001: Songs of Love

2001: Kenny Rogers

2001: Live by Request

2002: Love Songs

2003: Back to the Well

2003: The Definitive Collection

2004: Kenny Rogers Love Songs

2004: 42 Ultimate Hits

2004: Christmas with Kenny

2005: Golden Legends: Kenny Rogers

2006: Christmas Collection

2006: Water & Bridges

2006: 21 Number Ones

2006: Kenny Rogers

2008: A Love Song Collection

2008: 50 Years

2009: The First 50 Years

2010: 10 Great Songs

2010: Kenny Rogers

2010: The Best of Kenny Rogers

2011: The Love of God

2012: Amazing Grace

2012: Christmas Live!

2004Box Set w/ Dolly

ISLANDS
IN THE STREAM:[chorus] Islands in the stream, that is what we
are, No one in between, how can we be wrong,
Sail away with me, to another world,
And we rely on each other, uh huh,
From one lover to another, uh huh [etc]